[Cz-L] Blat

Under Soviet rule amenities were hard to get.
  Even state factories couldnt get the necessary maintenance equipment.
   So you waited in line, sometimes months, or you got it " blat".
   " Blat " you got your travel ticket, gas for your car , oil for your
    salad or tickets for the football match .
     Things that would take months , you got right away.
      All you needed was money and the right connection.
      " Mishka what do you do tonight ?"
       " I go to see the Moyseev Ballet . I got two tickets Blat."
             Russian underworld slang.
           Hardy
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